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The Internet is not a delicate flower that must be either rescued by, or rescued from, the 5 national-political-party functionary lawyer/lobbyists on the FCC.
by gojomo 13y ago
The Internet is not a delicate flower that must be either rescued by, or rescued from, the 5 national-political-party functionary lawyer/lobbyists on the FCC.
It's a fluid force of nature unleashed by digital technology. Companies that add tolls that don't come with commensurate value will be washed away by alternate-path competition.
Government should punish deception and break up monopolies (especially those its own rules and franchising have created). It should open more wireless spectrum. It shouldn't be designing service packages or determining what's "commercially reasonable".
- kansface 13y agoWhat competition?
- gojomo 13y ago20 years ago, no one had any broadband options. Now, most places have at least 2 wired options, plus 2 or more increasingly-competitive wireless options. Policy on spectrum and wires should aim to increase those options, not dictate the technical workings of ISPs, or limit the contractual design-space of private companies. If abuse materializes, so will opportunity. There's a glut of capital to build more paths - towers, blimps, drones, fiber loops - if there's profit to be made and no local or federal barriers to new models.
- kumbasha 13y agoIf what you say is true, then no one should be upset at the impending Comcast/Time Warner merger.